Sugar dispenser



H. KRONKE SUGAR DISPENSER Filed Nov. s, 1925 fh KT EURE Patented Jan. 24, 1928. y i

UNIT-ED STA HEINRICH 'xaonnn or BALTIMORE, ivniinnznnn.A

SUGAR DISPENSER.

` Application le. November 5,1925. Serial No. 67,131.

n provide a holder v"for lsugar which may be used inpublic places, such as in restaurants, and which is adaptedto contain a quantity of Vsugar and protect it from the air and from access of dust and other foreign par- 10 ticles that are frequently 'admitted to sugar bowls and the like, and to provide vmeans for delivering the sugar in measured quantities/for use. ,y y

VAnother object of the invention is to provide a receptacle-or jar `for sugar with aL removable top r.serving as yhousing for K measuring and dispensing means of a nature which may be easily operated by one nger ofthehand .employed for inverting the jar,

in amanner'for dispensing the sugar. n

`The invention. further aims at the pro vision of adispenser of this character which has but one movable part which combines inlet'and outletclosures, the measuring receptacle, and also the neck ory spout through y which the contents may be poured, the single ymember beinghoused within a cap out of contact with. the dust and surrounding air and also in position such that it cannot bey handled. n

The invention also provides a device which may be easily'fastened upon the upper end of dierent types of'jars and which is op-k erable by inverting the jar 'and subsequently pushing a small thumb or finger lever for a short distance, and which may be yaccomplished by the same hand which carries and holds the jar. Y f

A Vstill further object of the invention is to provide a combined measuring and dis` pensing device of ythis type ywhich maybe yeconomically manufactured as it may be ymade of sheetv metal and comprises but very few parts,'and a device which can not easily get out. of order.

The above and various yother objects and advantages of this inventionV will in part be described in and in partbe 'understood from the following detailed description of the present preferred embodiinentythe same being4 illustrated inthe accompanying drawing, wherein: f v v Fig. 1 is a. side elevation of a sugar dispenser constructed according to the present invention.

IFig.' 2 is an enlargedhorizontal section TES PATENT oFfFlciz.

taken through the top of the samend showf" Y ing the ydevice in position yfor delivering a charge of the sugar; n f F1g.'3 is a fragmentary inverted vertical Asection ythrough the upper end of the device in the position shown in Fig.2, and showing thecontents being delivered fromthe meas# uring receptacle. i

Fig. 4 is a similar view showing the parts adjusted for closing the outlet opening and for filling the measuring receptacle from the Jar or container, and

Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing the innerwall or disk and the movable member slidablethereon, the dotted lines illustrating the container and the cap in relative posif tions to the same. f

Referring to the dra-wing 10 designates a receptacle or containerprovided upon its upper end with an externally threaded neck 11 over which` is detachably secured a closure cap 12. rThe cap 12 has a screw threaded flange or skirt 13 which preferably iares outwardly at its lower edge and is detachably engaged upon the `neck 11. The receptacle or container 10 may be of any suitable size, conliguration or material to meet conditions and the kliange 13 is correspondingly modi fied to itpthe receptacle.

The cap 12 is relatively deep to provide a` chamber therein which extends beyond the neck 11 and( has an outer closure wall 14 provided at a suitable point with an outlet opening 15 establishing communication between the interior of they cap and the outable points about its peripheral edge portion with upstanding spacer bars or ribs 17 adapted to lie agains'tthe inner side ofthe cap12, and which may be secured thereto'by screws18 or the like.

The disk 16 is provided with a illerlopening 19 at aV suitable point offset from kthe opening 15 'in the cap. Mounted in the nchamber* of the cap between its top wallld and they disk 16 is a slidable or movable member. in the form of a receptacle 20 which is preferably shaped to the conliguration of the openingsk 15 andy 19 and which extends between the wall llland the disk 16 vandis adapted to `be closed at opposite ends by contact with the wall andthe disk. The receptacle carries at one side and at one end a lint leal2 or slide'21 arranged to traverse the inner side ot the `wall 14:, and is provided at its other end and at its other side with a second leal orelide 22 adapted to slid ably engage the innerv side of the dislr 16.

The movable member is provided at prei ei'ably its outer end and at one side with an extension 23 preferably lyingin the plane inthe lea 21 andl forming a part thereof and which has an aperture 24 for' receiving a pivot 25 secured to the outer wall 11i of the cap. This pivot 25 holds the movable ineinber in the cap and permits the swinging ol the movable member bach and forth on the pivot. The other side of the movable meinber has a thumb or linger lever 26 which projects outwardly through a longitudinal slot 27 formed in the cap 12 to permit access to the outer end of the lever 26. A spring 28 is mounted at one 'end on the lever 26 within the cap 12 and at its other 3 placed that the spring 28 normally andy end is secured to an adjacent spacci' bar 17, the spring normally drawing the lever 26 toward the spacer bar and into one end ci the slot 27. The parts are so relatively yieldingly maintains the receptacle 2O in register at its inner end with the filler opening 19, and with the outer shutter or slide 21 covering the Voutlet opening 15.

When the receptacle 1() is in upright posi tion as shown in Fig. 1, no dust or foreign particles may enter the cap 12 as the slide 21 keeps the opening 15 closed. As soon as thei'eceptacle is inverted the sugar or other vcontents ot' the receptacle 10 is poured through the iiller opening 19 into-the measuring container 20. `While inverted, whenY the lever 26 is moved against the tension ot the spring 28 into the remote end oit the slot 27, the inner shutter 22 is drawn across the filler opening 19 to close it and the shutter 21 is moved from the opening 15 and the outer end of the measuring receptacle 20 is brought into register with the outlet opening 15. The inner end of the' receptacle 2O is thus closed by the disk 16 while the contents within the measuring receptacle is permitted to 'flow throughthe outlet opening 15. f

ach reciprocating movement of the member 2O lirst discharges thematerial in the receptacle 2O and subsequent-ly moves the receptacle back into position for receiving a new charge. As the openings 15 and 19y are otlset, the offset shutters or slides 21 and 22 are moved to alternately open and close the openings 15 and 19.

There is thus but one movable element in the cap which provides the two valves and the measuring receptacle, the spring 28 serving to operate this single movable member.

1. A dispensing device otl the class descibed comprising a container, a closure cap for the container including inner and outer spaced walls forming a chamber, said inner and outer walls each having an opening therethrough with the opening of one wall disposed inA oi'fset relation with the opening 01"' 'the'companion wall, -and a measuring member pivotally mounted at one end in the chamber to one side 'of the axial vcenter of the chamber, including a receptacle having open opposite ends for alternate aligning with vsaid openings and shutter plates at each end ofthe receptacle Aand in contact with the cap vwalls for alternate closing of said openings when the receptacle is swung out of vregister therewith. f

2. A dispensing device of the class de scribed comprising a container, a closure cap for the container including inner and outer spacedV walls forming a chamber, said inner wall being provided with an inlet opening communicating with the container and said outer wall having an outlet Vopen-ing communicating exteriorly of the closureV cap and disposed in offset relation to thel filler opening and intersected by the axial center oiu the closure cap, al measuring member pivotally mounted at one end in the lchamber to one side of the axial center of the 4'chamber, including a receptacle having openopposite ends for valternate aligning with said openings and oppositely offset shutter plates at the open Vends of the receptacle in contact with said closure cap walls for alternate closing of said ller and outlet openings when the'receptacle is swung out of register therewith, and spring means normally urging the measuring member to a position with the receptacle registering with the iiller kopening of the inner wall and the offset shutter plate at the outer end of the receptacle closing the outlet opening of the outer closure cap wall.

3. A dispensing device for detachable conneet-ion with a container, comprising a cap having a skirt portion at one end for attachment to the container and having a wall closing its outer end provided with an outlet opening interseeted by the axial center line of the cap, a disc mounted in the cap and having spacing bars engaging the outer 'wall of the cap for spacing the disc therefrom and providing a chamber, said disc being provided with a iiller opening olset from the outlet opening of the cap, a measyuring member pivotally mounted at one end to the disc to one side kof the axial center of the disc and including alreceptaele having open opposite ends slidably engaging,

said Wall and dise vfor alternate' aligning with said openings, oppositely oil'set shutter plates at the open ends of the receptacle kin contact respectively with said dise and cap vvall for alternate closing of said openings when the vreceptacle is swung out of register therewith, and av finger lever extendying from the vreceptacle and projecting through a eircumferentially extending' sloty provided in the cap, anda spring connecting said lever and cap for normally moving the '15 of the receptacle closing the outlet opening 20 `in the. end wall of said cap.

l HEINRICH KRONKE. 

